West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-01-13
NO. 10.

the confess,r: "Hold vour to,sua
SSP"' corna, m',eranie style puts mo out
tetheld, when he ought 10 have been
praying for his soul. bothered himself about
the proprietes of the sick room saving,
,SlNe nayroles chair Godfrey Knolter
ulcd while making. diagram for his own
monument oh, compare surh a silly and
horrlbe getting out OF life with the departure
OF Edward foysou, who said "The breeyes
Q, n'S'e1 ian me | float in sea OF
glory Or with Paul, "a h, said. II
aud now ready 90 be offered aud tho time of
my departure Is Rt hand" IIa was looking
up then through the aperture of his dungeon
aud the officers OF the law waro standing
tie LOOKING down i'm the dungeon. nnd Pau1
'aid, when they asked him: "Are YOU ready.
| ave you ready O. 90 out ON the road TO Osten
uuu us.u 39 oeheadet; are you ready nowF And
! the old missionary, Gecrepit with eNnosuro
ond hard work for God, looked up end snid,
am now ready; | am now ready To be
bnSSGGe SSI SSd ths tine Gt my dsp9rtpfe IS at
! unlshed my course, | have kept the faith.
hencetorth there is laid up for mo n crown
o. rlGhteouSneSs, aud not only for me, hut
Tor all those that love His npDrnrinCu per
haps just as grand a deathbcd i'm your own
nome. oh, the measurement of this lifo
bY the worldly standard nnd tho
measurement OF this lifo 10y to Christian
standard 10 seems 60 mo to-day is TIE time
! Tor mo TO boyin e. do bette ard Il is timo
Tor YOU my hrothor my sist' e. begin TO
$40 better The swift v ara have flowp.
'"o "iu Nc'l mas Eohc, the now year has
como and for what purpose you and
Icnr have s., been laqnchSd ON thfs other
| Ike TO ask you in this crisis of time. what
! i Your preparation for eternity You are
not surprised at the man on tho North River
! Steamboat who. whom n Christian man o,nvo
! nm tract was very indignant aud toro it
up aud threw 10 into the river; but ono
word OF that trnct fcll upon his cont.
sleeve aud ho looked mt IL after tho rnsf
OF the ira hal flown, anl il was that
Que ono, W3rd' that broad word that high
word that deep word, that long word "eter.
! nityl' call 10 ha"lIl' said n diving woman
call 10 ba'kw Why they said F'whnt do
you want % como harlSF' "Ohr she said.
| 'cnll u back timel timol cal 10 bnclxlr Wa
may loo our fortunes aud may gain tbem
again. We may lose our health aud
| haVo 10 restored again. We may lose
our goo name and hy lifo Of virtue
subsequently may restore our good nnmo:
but time gone is gone forever. Now, some
! people taY thoy would like e. 20 bncx again
TO boyhood and live their life over again 4
they, would do so much hettor ncxt time /
would not dare TO 81 back % boyhord as
| am afraid i would do worse than / havoI
done. You, my brother, could not afford to goI
bnck To boyhood you might do worse thanI
! YOU have done But we cannot go back Thol
| future is before ms. nad conqTntulnts Won
on, Deople OF God. ! congratulate YOU that
another year has gone. what dooi 10 meanil
10 means nearer home; 10 means nearer our
| Fathers house; ~ means that YOU arc nearer
the companionshin ot loved ones who have
gone before why should You be sad
about that Whom I tell you that your
face ought 20 be illumined with great
| joy. Why how strange II T., this fact that
we hang on 20 this world with so much avid
ity when there ~ n much brighter world
ahead, anl we ought TO be glad that wo have
got nearer ~. Why not 20 10 the centre
why stay clear out here on the rim OF tho
! univcrsoi Why not glad we are going r nearer
10 tho centref Wo study God here ,nlv
| by Bible photograph. hut You know that
In five minutes of interview you get better
acquainted with friend than YOU could by
hity years OF looking at n photograph: and
tho little babe that die dlast night, six months
Old this momont knows more of God than
all Andover, all Princeton, all Roche ster
all Middletown and all EdinQurRh
all tho theological institutions OF
tho outside on the rim Of this grent uni
verse, aud when we get little sick we arc
frightened, and w5 are alarmed about this
accident and That accident lest suddenly wU
bo hurled into light and glory unutterablo:
and we 20 around asking what is good for
rheumatism, and what is good for a bad
cough aud hat Is good for this and that,
and are fearfully alarmed anl when
in wild haste, lost we be rushed into n
land whore they nro never sick but have i'm.
mortal health. And here we hold ON 10 the
circumference, afraid to 20 20 the centre
while we look through the cracks and the
keyhlle OF heaven, afraid tho door Of tho
mansion will be swung wido open and wo
WI sthhu lh inc glory iho lnhnite. Hang
ing on u the pauperism Of sin and
sorrow of this worl and afraid that some
time suddenly we will have presented 10 us
on Empcrors paa surrounded by parks
aud beautiful paths on which the angels Of
God walk two aud two. Would 10 not bo
awful IN we were suddenly 10 get a crown "a
throne and n iriIm phf Sorry another year
has gomez Glad of IL. Nearer the glory that
God has provided for Ills people we are iKea
group Of Pc JTle standing on thu cold steps OF
the National Picture Gallery London under
umbrellas in the rain, and you come along
ara ara say, Sy,,o ny don't you &c Sy into the pic
whether wo can get in" You say: "Tte
door Is OPEN "Yes, - they say. "it a. open,
but we have been staying here a while and
we have got so attached q these cold steps
you ought 20 go iu, 10 Is 20 grand and b. au-
tiful inside 7 hey say: mo. We know Just
how il IS out here. and we don't know how
~ Is In there That Is YUu AMI that rs mo.
Ginning ON ~ this life ~ though 10 were all;
forgetful Of the fact that the great picture
gallery. tho great throne room, tho
great grand ar aud glory ARE al ahead.
In the year 1885,. tho French thought in
Gheut they would have musical demonstra-
ton such rs the world hnd never seen. and
IL was made up Of tho chime Of bells and dis
charge Of cannon. 10 was grand and glOri-
ous success, nothing ever perhaps, like it
heard on earth 10 was "a triumphal march
thnt has become matter Of history.
When the cannon were fired and when the
bolls OF all tho churches and oil the towers
rang the effect was overwhelming. But
Rrander will be- the n scompar cement ~ Gods
children when they go out OF this world at
the blast OF the Judgment trumpet, aud whom
God shall call them home tho bells OF the
churches aud al the towers and al tho
light houses viii chime aud the sound will be
joined by the booming Of bursting magazine
and fortress an augmented 10y all the cnthc-
drnl towers OF Heaven. The harmonious celo5-
tial aud tine harmonious terrestrial united in
one great march no 10 celebrate the ascent Of
a sOul % whore 30 shall shine as che stars for
ever aud forever With such considerations
we may look back on the flying years with.
out "a single regret. and with egultatiOn for
ward o. the time when The archaugel. with
one foot on the sea and the other ou the land,
shall sw0ar by Him that livoth forever and
ever that time shall be no longer.